In September, participants in the Standing Rock 4 Corners March head down East Eighth Avenue from the campus of Fort Lewis College toward Santa Rita Park. Numerous rallies against the Dakota Access Pipeline have been held in the Four Corners.
Protestors supporting the Standing Rock Sioux objections to the building of the Dakota Access Pipeline march along the College Avenue in Durango on Tuesday heading toward the Wells Fargo branch. The demonstrators object to the bank’s financing of the project. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Protestors supporting the Standing Rock Sioux objections to the building of the Dakota Access Pipeline march along Main Avenue in Durango on Tuesday heading toward the Wells Fargo branch. The demonstrators object to the bank’s financing of the project. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
A protestor supporting the Standing Rock Sioux objections to the building of the Dakota Access Pipeline carries a sign as demonstrators circle Durango’s Wells Fargo branch on College Avenue on Tuesday. The protestors object to the bank’s financing of the controversial project. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
A protestor supporting the Standing Rock Sioux objections to the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline carries a sign as demonstrators circle the Wells Fargo bank on College Avenue. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Protestors supporting the Standing Rock Sioux objections to the building of the Dakota Access Pipeline circle the Wells Fargo bank on College Avenue in Durango on Tuesday. The demonstrators object to the bank’s financing of the project. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Protestors supporting the Standing Rock Sioux objections to the building of the Dakota Access Pipeline turn from Main Avenue onto College Avenue on Tuesday. They were headed to the Durango branch of Wells Fargo Bank to protest the financing of the pipeline. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Protestors supporting the Standing Rock Sioux objections to the building of the Dakota Access Pipeline circle the Wells Fargo Bank branch in Durango on Tuesday. Demonstrators object to the bank’s financing of the pipeline. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Fort Lewis College students and volunteers load supplies into vehicles early Tuesday morning. The group will caravan to the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation to support protesters opposing to the Dakota Access Pipeline. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Organized by Dr. Anthony J. Nocella, assistant professor of sociology and criminology at Fort Lewis College, center left, students and volunteers load supplies into vehicles early Tuesday morning on campus. The group will caravan to the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation to support the protesters opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Fort Lewis College senior John Moya, carries a box of supplies to waiting vehicles early Tuesday morning. Students and volunteers loaded vehicles on campus for a caravan to the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. The group is headed to South Dakota to support protesters who oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Arriving at sunrise, Fort Lewis College students and volunteers load supplies into vehicles on campus on Tuesday for a caravan to the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. The group is headed to South Dakota to support protesters who oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Fort Lewis College senior Justin Succo lends a helping hand to a friend who is participating in a 16-hour caravan to the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. The group left Tuesday morning, and it plans to join protesters who object to the building of the Dakota Access Pipeline near the reservation. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
A caravan of cars with Fort Lewis College students and volunteers prepares to leave campus Tuesday morning. The caravan is driving to the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation to support protesters who oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
A rally and send-off for the ongoing Standing Rock protest will be at 6 a.m. Friday at Fort Lewis College, near the old bus stop by the Student Union.
According to a news release, an FLC professor and three students will head to the Standing Rock reservation to show “solidarity and support” for tribal members protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline. They say the pipeline would endanger water supplies and sacred lands. The $3.8 billion project would take oil from the Bakken fields in North Dakota to Illinois.
The local group will take donated supplies to protesters. They also plan to volunteer at Standing Rock over the weekend.
Organizers are asking the public to come for the 6 a.m. send off of participants.
